President Trump is visiting Texas to meet with first responders, local officials and families of some of the victims in the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding. NBC News Priscilla Thompson reports from Kerrville,

NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky was born and raised in Kerrville, Texas, and has been covering the devastating flooding in the region. His mother, Karen, and stepfather, Michael, had to evacuate their home on July 4th only to return to find the body of a young girl in the trees.

NBC News' Morgan Chesky, grew up in Kerrville, Texas, where his mother and stepfather now reside. As flood waters rose along the Guadalupe River, his mother Karen and his stepfather Michael, woke up to emergency alerts at 4AM.

As floodwaters devastated parts of Central Texas this weekend, animal shelters in the Hill Country found themselves inundated, not just with water, but with displaced pets.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Donald Trump has talked about "getting rid of."